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1. Susceptible to being led or directed
   "pliable masses of people ripe for propaganda";
   - fictile
    
2. Capable of being shaped, bent or drawn out
   "they soaked the leather to made it pliable";
   - ductile, malleable, pliant, tensile, tractile
    
3. Able to adjust readily to different conditions
   "a pliable person";
   - elastic, flexible, pliant
    
4. Capable of being bent, flexed or twisted without breaking
   "a pliable young tree";
   - bendable, pliant, waxy

See also: adaptable, flexible, flexile, formed, susceptible

Encyclopedia: Pliable